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Music News and Interviews

MerleFest Giveaways!

If you know anything about folk music in North Carolina, chances are you’ve heard of MerleFest, the annual, “traditional plus,” music festival in Wilkes County that the late great Doc Watson started in memory to his son Merle Watson.  Thanks to our friends at MerleFest, WKNC is happy to announce we have 3 pairs of single days tickets, good for any day of the festival.  Merlefest is held this year from April 23-26 on the campus of Wilkes Community College.  A few of the big artists include The Avett Brothers, Dwight Yoakam, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, The Marshall Tucker Band, Robert Earl Keen, and many, many more!  Tickets and more information are available at www.merlefest.org.  Tune in to Both Kinds Radio this Sunday from 4pm to 6pm after the NC State baseball game coverage to win a pair of tickets to a day of MerleFest!

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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM CHARTS: April 14, 2015

WKNC TOP 5 ADDS
1. MOUNTAIN GOATS – Beat The Champ – Merge
2. AVA LUNA – Infinite House – Western Vinyl
3. DARKNESS FALLS – Dance And Cry – HFN
4. YOUNG FATHERS – White Men Are Black Men Too – Big Dada
5. AVID DANCER – 1st Bath – Grand Jury

WKNC RADIO 200
1. CHASTITY BELT – Time To Go Home – Hardly Art
2. PURITY RING – Another Eternity – 4AD
3. SUFJAN STEVENS – Carrie And Lowell – Asthmatic Kitty
4. COURTNEY BARNETT – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit – Mom And Pop
5. REPTAR – Lurid Glow – Joyful Noise
6. MATTHEW E. WHITE – Fresh Blood – Domino
7. GENGAHR – She’s A Witch [EP] – Transgressive
8. JEFF ROSENSTOCK – We Cool? – SideOneDummy
9. DAN DEACON – Gliss Riffer – Domino
10. MOUNT EERIE – Sauna P.W. – Elverum And Sun
11. COLLEEN GREEN – I Want To Grow Up – Hardly Art
12. EULA – Wool Sucking – Self-Released
13. JOSE GONZALEZ – Vestiges And Claws – Mute
14. SARAH BETHE NELSON – Fast Moving Clouds – Burger
15. RYLEY WALKER – Primrose Green – Dead Oceans
16. PILE – You’re Better Than This – Exploding In Sound
17. TOBIAS JESSO JR. – Goon – True Panther
18. BOMBADIL – Hold On – Ramseur
19. WAND – Golem – In The Red
20. WAXAHATCHEE – Ivy Tripp – Merge
21. LOWER DENS – Escape From Evil – Domino
22. ADVENTURES – Supersonic Home – Run For Cover
23. MITSKI – Bury Me At Makeout Creek – Don Giovanni
24. YOUNG GUV – Ripe 4 Luv – Slumberland
25. SCREAMING FEMALES – Rose Mountain – Don Giovanni
26. JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD – Wasted On The Dream – Infinity Cat
27. WEED – Running Back – Lefse
28. SHANA FALANA – Set Your Lightning Fire Free – Team Love
29. MONOPHONICS – Sound Of Sinning – Transistor
30. POW! – Fight Fire – Castle Face

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Music News and Interviews

Mumford & Sons Giveaways!

Thanks to the folks at Live Nation, WKNC has 5 pairs of lawn tickets to give away to see Mumford & Sons with special guest, The Maccabees!  They’ll be playing Walnut Creek Amphitheatre on Thursday, June 11.  Just be the correct caller when the DJ asks for calls and you could win a pair of tickets!  Tickets for Mumford & Sons go on sale April 17 at 10am on Livenation.com, via the Live Nation app, all Ticketmaster outlets, or via phone at 800-745-3000. 

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Music News and Interviews

Giveaways of the Week: April 13th – 19th

4/14: Inter Arma / Yautja / Akkad  @ The Pinhook

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4/14: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Bloodshot Bill @ Cat’s Cradle

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4/15: Sir Richard Bishop (Drag City) / Robert Mills @ The Pinhook

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4/16: Fleshwounds / Wing Dam! / The Moms @ The Pinhook

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4/16: Mipso @ Kings Barcade

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4/16: Dan Deacon / Prince Rama / Ben O’Brien @ Cat’s Cradle

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4/17: Dirty Bourbon River Show / Ellis Dyson & the Shambles @ Local 506

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4/17: Lowland Hum / Brett Harris @ The Pinhook

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4/17: Kooley High / Clear Soul Forces / Drique London @ Kings Barcade

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4/17: Hiss Golden Messenger / Natalie Prass @ Haw River Ballroom

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4/19: Old Hours / Shiloh Hill / Rob Nance @ Local 506

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This week, tune into WKNC 88.1 FM and when the DJ asks for it, call the request lines to win tickets to these shows!  Good luck and happy listening!

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Festival Coverage

DJ Iron Mic at SXSW

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The final night of the festival brought monster performances all over the city of Austin. If one super power would be useful during SX, it would be astral projection, because there is seriously no way to see everything you want.

Redman got the night started right at Moody Theatre with one of the best performances of the night. The aging rapper still rocks a crowd harder than most, and had the audience jumping and screaming curse words at him.

G-Eazy followed him with a performance that was good, but not as good as Red’s.

Joey Bada$$ stormed the stage with his Pro Era crew and ran the crowd through hits from his new album B4.DA.$$. He led the audience in a moment of silence for his fallen Pro Era cofounder Capital Steez, then exploded into the single that started it all, “Survival Tactics.”

J. Cole hit the stage, reppin North Carolina to the fullest, and sending every females in attendance into hysterics.

The night ended at The Belmont, where Ghostface Killah and Raekwon celebrated the 20th anniversary of their classic album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. They performed the whole record back to front for the fans. It was an epic performance that was a once in a lifetime show for any Wu head.

Here is DJ Iron Mic’s last day in Austin for South by Southwest. You can see some more pictures on our Instagram.

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Music News and Interviews

Death Cab For Cutie Giveaways!

Be sure to tune in to WKNC, because we have tickets to give away to see Death Cab for Cutie with special guest Twin Shadow!  They’ll be playing September 15 at the Red Hat Amphitheater in downtown Raleigh! Tickets go on sale Friday, April 10 at 10 a.m. at Livenation.com, via the Live Nation app, all Ticketmaster outlets, or via phone at 800-745-3000. Listen to WKNC 88.1 FM for your chance to win tickets!

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Weekly Charts

WKNC 88.1 FM CHARTS: April 7, 2015

WKNC RADIO 200

 1. GENGAHR – She’s A Witch [EP] – Transgressive
 2. JOSE GONZALEZ – Vestiges And Claws – Mute

 3. RYLEY WALKER – Primrose Green – Dead Oceans

 4. SARAH BETHE NELSON – Fast Moving Clouds – Burger

 5. COLLEEN GREEN – I Want To Grow Up – Hardly Art

 6. CHASTITY BELT – Time To Go Home – Hardly Art

 7. MATTHEW E. WHITE – Fresh Blood – Domino

 8. EULA – Wool Sucking – Self-Released

 9. PURITY RING – Another Eternity – 4AD

10. RADICAL DADS – Universal Coolers – Old Flame

11. JEFF ROSENSTOCK – We Cool? – SideOneDummy

12. DAN DEACON – Gliss Riffer – Domino

13. COURTNEY BARNETT – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit – Mom And Pop

14. MOUNT EERIE – Sauna – P.W. Elverum And Sun

15. REPTAR – Lurid Glow – Joyful Noise

16. SCREAMING FEMALES – Rose Mountain – Don Giovanni

17. BOMBADIL – Hold On – Ramseur

18. FATHER JOHN MISTY – I Love You, Honeybear – Sub Pop

19. TOBIAS JESSO JR. – Goon – True Panther

20. TITLE FIGHT- Hyperview – Anti
21. SUFJAN STEVENS – Carrie And Lowell – Asthmatic Kitty

22. YOUNG GUV – Ripe 4 Luv – Slumberland

23. JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD – Wasted On The Dream – Infinity Cat

24. SHANA FALANA – Set Your Lightning Fire Free – Team Love

25. MONOPHONICS – Sound Of Sinning – Transistor

26. PILE – You’re Better Than This – Exploding In Sound

27. LOST BOY ? – Canned – Papercup

28. WAND – Golem – In The Red

29. ADVENTURES – Supersonic Home – Run For Cover

30. LOWER DENS – Escape From Evil – Domino

WKNC TOP 5 ADDS

1. POW! – Fight Fire – Castle Face
2. WEED – Running Back – Lefse
3. WAXAHATCHEE – Ivy Tripp – Merge
4. TORO Y MOI – What For? – Carpark
5. LAURA MARLING – Short Movie – Ribbon

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Festival Coverage

DJ Iron Mic at SXSW

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Day 4 at SXSW is when the weekend started, and things started to ramp up. The rain didn’t stop anyone from wildin’ out!

The day started with keynote speaker Snoop Dogg talking about his new album Bush, his youth sports and film ventures, HBO series plans, and Willie Nelson.

Hipnotic Brass Ensemble showed everyone that Jazz can do Hip Hop too. 

Dej Loaf popped up out of no where at a random bar.

Killer Mike and El-P murdered the stage at Spin Magazine’s day party, and dared anyone to try to step on their stage.

Later that night I worked on the stage crew again at 720 Club, and got to see Montreal grunge metal band JPNSGRLS. They killed it, along with Atlanta’s Black Linen who put some soul back into rock!

Day 4 of DJ Iron Mic’s South by Southwest adventure.

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Festival Coverage

DJ Iron Mic at SXSW

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Day 3

Power producers Mannie Fresh, Just Blaze, KLC, and Young Guru held a panel discussion hosted by Hot 97′s Paul Rosenberg. They discussed production techniques and working with artists through the years.

Later on, Migos rocked the stage at Mohawk’s on Red River St.

I worked at 720 Club on Red River St. as a member of the stage crew this night, and got to see some killer indie rock bands.

Fotogramas came from Chile just to rock Austin, and did an awesome job.

The Nuns put on an impressive set, as well as a band from our neighboring state of Tennessee called Daddy Issues. Not to be confused with NC’s Daddy Issues.

It was another fun and music-filled day for DJ Iron Mic at #SXSW2015.

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Festival Coverage

DJ Iron Mic at SXSW

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Vince Staples, Meyhem Lauren, Heems, Curren$y, and Action Bronson got it poppin’ to start the night on Day 2 at Scoot Inn, accompanied by a surprise appearance by the legendary Funk Master Flex! #noriots

The night was ended at Moody Theatre where Dipset reunited on stage, hosted by 2Chainz and DJ Funk Master Flex, to kick off their reunion tour.

DJ Iron Mic’s #SXSW2015 recap, Day 2.